Police looking for Fraser Township hit-and-run driver

FRASER TOWNSHIP, MI — Police are hoping the public can help them locate the motorist responsible for a recent hit-and-run in Bay County.

Around 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, several bicyclists were heading north on Mackinaw Road in Fraser Township. As they came to the intersection at Linwood Road, vehicle traffic stopped to allow the bicyclists to pass.

Once the bikes had crossed, traffic on Linwood began moving again. At that point, a vehicle heading north on Mackinaw failed to stop for the stop sign at Linwood Road and crashed into another vehicle, troopers from the Michigan State Police Tri-City Post report.

The suspect vehicle then fled the scene at a high rate of speed, first heading north on Mackinaw then east on Anderson Road. The vehicle then went south on M-13 to North Boutell Road, where it turned west and headed toward Fraser Road, where following vehicles lost it without getting a license plate number.

Witnesses described the fleeing vehicle as a white older model Chevrolet Lumina or Monte Carlo. The vehicle suffered damage to the driver's side and a broken rear window. The vehicle was occupied by one white male and one white female, police report.

At least one injury was reported in the vehicle that was struck, police report.

Police are asking anyone with information pertaining to this case to call Trooper James Willing at 989-495-5555, reference report number 31-3289-13.